Section 8 - Mean and median fee by LA
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Mean and median parent-paid hourly fees broken down by child age and local authority. In order to help interpret the mean, the table shows 95% confidence intervals.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Childcare and early years provider survey
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 604
- Geographic levels
- Local authority
- Indicators
- Lower 95% CI
- Mean hourly fee
- Median hourly fee
- Filters
- Age of child
- Time period
- 2024 to 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | child_age | mean_hourly_fee | median_hourly_fee | unweighted_base | lower_ci | upper_ci |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 841 | E06000005 | Darlington | 2 years old | 5.17088 | 5 | [u] 10 | 4.484702339 | 5.857057661 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 840 | E06000047 | County Durham | 2 years old | 6.13695 | 5.5 | 35 | 5.562455362 | 6.711444638 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 390 | E08000020 | Gateshead | 2 years old | 6.70117 | 6.5 | [u] 15 | 5.525971227 | 7.876368773 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 805 | E06000001 | Hartlepool | 2 years old | 5.5829 | 5.5 | [u] 10 | 5.000113203 | 6.165686797 |
| 2025 | Calendar year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 806 | E06000002 | Middlesbrough | 2 years old | * | * | [u] | * | * |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| child_age | Age of child |
| lower_ci | Lower 95% CI |
| mean_hourly_fee | Mean hourly fee |
| median_hourly_fee | Median hourly fee |
| unweighted_base | Unweighted base |
Footnotes
- [u] Statistics based on an "unweighted base" (sample size) of less than 10 are not shown. Statistics based on an "unweighted base" of 10 or greater but less than 30 should be treated with caution and are only indicative.
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